Junio C Hamano wrote: > The reason would become clear once you think what string you are > feeding eval_gettext with if you do not escape. The translators > translate a fixed string (possibly with placeholders) to a fixed > translated string (possibly with placeholders). > > eval_gettext "Stray $dotest directory found. ..." > > would allow the shell to expand $dotest before eval_gettext sees it, > which would mean the string is no longer a constant. Ah. I was scratching my head wondering why $dotest needed to be translated (it's just a path). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html